Chattanooga, TN – Official: Kuwaiti Identified As Gunman In Tennessee Shooting

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    Police officers enter the Armed Forces Career Center through a bullet-riddled door after a gunman opened fire on the building Thursday, July 16, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Authorities say there were multiple casualties including the gunman.   (AP Photo/John Bazemore)Chattanooga, TN – A U.S. official says the gunman in the shootings in Tennessee has been identified as 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez.

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    He was believed to have been born in Kuwait, and it was unclear whether he was a U.S. or Kuwaiti citizen. The official was speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing, sensitive investigation. It was not immediately clear whether the gunman’s first name was spelled Muhammad or Mohammad.

    He is from Hixson, Tennessee, which is just a few miles across the river from Chattanooga.

    Authorities and officials say the gunman killed four Marines and wounded a police officer and others in two attacks on military facilities. The gunman was also dead.


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    8 years ago

    Gee, a Muslim. How shocking.

    mr613
    mr613
    8 years ago

    Islam is the religion of Peices!
    Wherever Islam is there is bloodshed and terrorism !
    Of course Barak HussienObama(who’s not a Muslim) is busy selling the American public as well as the world the Deal between the worlds foremost spencer of terror!

    Avrohom Abba
    Avrohom Abba
    8 years ago

    Could this simply be “workplace violence” again?
    The whole world knows that Mr. Obama called the murder of 13 American soldiers and the wounding of 30 others, “workplace violence,” when Major Hasan yelled “Ala akbar while busy killing back in Nov. 2009.
    Tomorrow is the last day of Ramadan.

    8 years ago

    when is the U.S. Administration with its Muslim President gonna say that ISIS who is backed by their “new Ally” Iran attacked in Chattanooga ???

    8 years ago

    gone are the “old ALLIES” of the United States (i.e. Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, etc.) Welcome their “new Allies” (i.e. IRAN< HAMAS< HEZBOLLA, etc.)

    awacs
    awacs
    8 years ago

    Note the ‘gun free zone’ sticker on the door. If only the gunman had seen it, tragedy would have been averted!

    TexasJew
    TexasJew
    8 years ago

    Kill him BEFORE his trial.

    Mazal1
    Mazal1
    8 years ago

    Rabbi dr savage predicted this months ago

    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    8 years ago

    By my count, this is the 24th mass killing in the US so far this year, with 110 people killed in such incidents.